diff --git a/crates/hir/Cargo.toml b/crates/hir/Cargo.toml
index 68e7be7ff3..aeb28ae0b9 100644
--- a/crates/hir/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/hir/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "hir"
 version = "0.0.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-analyzer"
-description = "A high-level object oriented access to Rust code."
+description = "A high-level object-oriented access to Rust code."
 
 authors.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/hir/src/lib.rs b/crates/hir/src/lib.rs
index 1c5e4ce4b5..67fbe3b789 100644
--- a/crates/hir/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/hir/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//! HIR (previously known as descriptors) provides a high-level object oriented
+//! HIR (previously known as descriptors) provides a high-level object-oriented
 //! access to Rust code.
 //!
 //! The principal difference between HIR and syntax trees is that HIR is bound